Elizabeth Tudor (1492–1495)

For other uses, see Elizabeth Tudor (disambiguation).

Elizabeth Tudor
Born	(1492-07-02)2 July 1492 Richmond Palace, England
Died	Eltham Palace, England
Burial	Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey
House	Tudor
Father	Henry VII
Mother	Elizabeth of York

Elizabeth Tudor (2 July 1492 – 14 September 1495) was a Princess, the second daughter and fourth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.

Short Life

Princess Elizabeth was born on Saturday 2 July 1492 at Sheen Palace in Surrey (later rebuilt by her father as Richmond Palace, the remains of which are now part of Richmond-Upon-Thames, London).

Elizabeth spent much of her short life at the royal nursery of Eltham Palace, Kent, with her brother Prince Henry (the future King Henry VIII) and her sister Princess Margaret (later Queen of Scotland) under the guidance of a Lady Mistress, presided over by her mother. Elizabeth's oldest brother, Prince Arthur, as heir to the throne, was brought up separately in his own household. Just before her death, Henry VII proposed a marriage alliance between Elizabeth and the French Prince, Francis, who later became King Francis I of France.

Death

Princess Elizabeth died on Monday 14 September 1495 after suffering from Atrophy at the age of three years and two months. Elizabeth was brought from Eltham in state and buried on the north side of St. Edward the Confessor's Shrine in Westminster Abbey on Friday the 27th. Princess Elizabeth was the first of four of King Henry and Queen Elizabeth's children to die prematurely and they were greatly affected. The large sum of £318 (£155,479.74 in today's money) was spent on her funeral and Henry erected a small tomb to his daughter in the abbey made from Purbeck and black marble. On top of the monument is a finely polished slab of black Lydian, upon which were placed inscriptions to Elizabeth and her effigy of copper gilt, both of which are now lost. Later, Princess Elizabeth's younger brother Prince Edmund (who died in 1500 at the age of 15 months) and her younger sister Princess Katherine (who died in 1503 shortly after birth) were also laid by her side.

Family

A marriage to the French Prince Francis (later Francis I) was being proposed when she died of atrophy, around six months before the birth of her sister Mary. Elizabeth was buried in Westminster Abbey in the Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor.

Her older siblings were Arthur, Prince of Wales; Margaret Tudor; and the future Henry VIII.

Her younger siblings were Mary, Edmund, Duke of Somerset, and Katherine Tudor

Ancestry

Family of Elizabeth Tudor (1492–1495)

16. Maredudd ap Tudur               8. Owen Tudor                       17. Margaret ferch Dafydd               4. Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond                             18. Charles VI of France               9. Catherine of Valois                       19. Isabeau of Bavaria               2. Henry VII of England                                   20. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset               10. John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset                       21. Margaret Holland               5. Lady Margaret Beaufort                             22. John Beauchamp of Bletso               11. Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso                       23. Edith Stourton               1. Elizabeth Tudor                                         24. Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge               12. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York                       25. Anne de Mortimer               6. Edward IV of England                             26. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland               13. Cecily Neville                       27. Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland               3. Elizabeth of York                                   28. Sir Richard Wydevill               14. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers                       29. Elizabeth Bodulgate               7. Elizabeth Woodville                             30. Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol               15. Jacquetta of Luxembourg                       31. Margaret de Baux

External links

• Princess Elizabeth Tudor on FindAGrave.com